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NCLEX Nutrition
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
essential amino acids
albumin levels
apple is higher risk than a pear
2. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
dark green - orange - drybeans
vitamin C - citrus fruits
prealbumin levels
hemoglobin
3. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
one week period
hemorrhage
pregnant women or elderly
4 calories/gram
4. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
fats
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
5. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
albumin levels
protein and fat
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
500 cal/day
6. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
hemoglobin
review of systems
essential amino acids
carrots and sweet potatoes
7. What function is vitamin A?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
starches - sugars - and cellulose
liver and intestinal synthesis
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
8. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
18-25
fat soluble vitamins
prealbumin levels
milk - enriched grains
9. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
day week or month
2 cups
dairy and fortified foods
6 oz. a day
10. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
day week or month
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
liver and intestinal synthesis
vitamin K
11. How many calories/gram is protein?
one week period
vitamin C - citrus fruits
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
4 calories/gram
12. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
essential amino acids
13. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
fat soluble vitamins
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
carrots and sweet potatoes
prealbumin levels
14. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
review of systems
apple is higher risk than a pear
antioxidant - immune function
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
15. The higher the BMR a client has --
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
can consume more calories without weight gain
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
6 oz. a day
16. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
can consume more calories without weight gain
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
starches - sugars - and cellulose
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
17. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
can consume more calories without weight gain
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
3 cups
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
18. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
decrease in total lymphocyte count
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
review of systems
transferrin
19. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
one tspn salt or less
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
decrease in total lymphocyte count
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
20. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
carrots and sweet potatoes
cream cheese - cream or butter
protein
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
21. What type of people need extra protein?
fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
protein
22. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
cream cheese - cream or butter
liver and intestinal synthesis
protein
23. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
protein and fat
essential amino acids
starches - sugars - and cellulose
24. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
low albumin levels < 3.4
apple is higher risk than a pear
protein
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
25. What is the function of vitamin C?
4 calories/gram
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
fat soluble vitamins
26. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
rickets - osteomalacia
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
27. What does DASH stand for?
4 calories/gram
2.5 cups
carrots and sweet potatoes
dietary approach to stop hypertension
28. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
protein
hemorrhage
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
pregnant women or elderly
29. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
can consume more calories without weight gain
one tspn salt or less
review of systems
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
30. What is normal albumin levels?
2 cups
4 calories/gram
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
starches - sugars - and cellulose
31. What is RDA of protein?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
500 cal/day
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
32. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
one tspn salt or less
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
essential amino acids
prealbumin levels
33. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
review of systems
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
protein and fat
34. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
300 cal/day increase
4 calories/gram
prealbumin levels
rickets - osteomalacia
35. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
protein and fat
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
2.5 cups
antioxidant - immune function
36. When does BMR increase?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
37. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
low albumin levels < 3.4
38. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
diet recall
liver and intestinal synthesis
vitamin C - citrus fruits
review of systems
39. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
apple is higher risk than a pear
low albumin levels < 3.4
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
40. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
fats
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
essential amino acids
41. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
transferrin
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
2 cups
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
42. Fats can lead to some medical problems
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
43. What foods have high quality protein?
can consume more calories without weight gain
6 oz. a day
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
44. When does BMR decrease?
fats
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
one tspn salt or less
B and C
45. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
dairy and fortified foods
500 cal/day
starches - sugars - and cellulose
46. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
pregnant women or elderly
hemoglobin
2 cups
47. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
fats
cream cheese - cream or butter
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
4 calories/gram
48. Where can you get more vitamin D?
dairy and fortified foods
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
apple is higher risk than a pear
49. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
50. What is normal BMI?
18-25
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
starches - sugars - and cellulose
4 calories/gram